March 30, 2020
It was Day 6 Monday of Hoosiers hunkering down to the confined to spaces of their homes, which is not unlike what Purdue professor Marshall Porterfield prepared astronauts for while he worked at NASA.
March 30, 2020
The United States faces an ongoing shortage of tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Testing availability varies widely by state. And in New York City, the hardest-hit area of the U.S. so far, doctors are only offering tests to people with severe symptoms. The initial test used in the U.S. was created by the federal Centers for Disease Control, and it wasn’t always accurate. It was also only allowed to be used by state-run health departments.
Creating COVID-19 tests is complicated science, and business
March 27, 2020
Purdue University has selected Frank Dooley as the next chancellor of Purdue University Global. Dooley, who currently serves as senior vice provost for teaching and learning at Purdue, will begin his new role in May.
March 26, 2020
There is not yet an ironclad scientific consensus on exactly how the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is spreading, but experts are getting a pretty good sense of it.
How does COVID-19 spread? This is what scientists know about it (so far)
March 25, 2020
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is changing over time. While scientists are still unsure whether viruses are actually alive (they can’t survive or replicate without the help of another lifeform, but inside one they clearly thrive), they do have DNA or RNA and copy it to make more versions of themselves.
Yes, the new coronavirus is mutating—but that’s not a bad thing
March 25, 2020
There is not yet an ironclad scientific consensus on exactly how the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is spreading, but experts are getting a pretty good sense of it. That understanding needs to be central to our strategy of combatting the virus with minimal collateral damage.
March 25, 2020
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is changing over time. While scientists are still unsure whether viruses are actually alive (they can’t survive or replicate without the help of another lifeform, but inside one they clearly thrive), they do have DNA or RNA and copy it to make more versions of themselves. And like plants, animals, and bacteria, the new coronavirus will inevitably make mistakes during this process. These errors lead to mutations—changes in genetic material between the new virus and its parent.
Yes, the new coronavirus is mutating—but that’s not a bad thing
March 25, 2020
That multiple strains of COVID-19 coronavirus exist in different parts of the world probably won't impede vaccine development in the short term, experts told MedPage Today.
Varied COVID-19 Strains Not a Problem for Vaccines -- For Now
March 25, 2020
As Indians get locked inside their homes for the next three weeks with summers driving up temperatures, an unlikely question has come up amid the pandemic — do air conditioners increase the risk of bringing coronavirus inside homes?
Home ACs don’t pose coronavirus threat, but central air conditioning could raise risks
March 25, 2020
Social distancing as a result of COVID-19 has put families in closer quarters than they are used to, resulting in adjustments and consequences to how they both act and interact on a daily basis.
Astronauts trained for same situations families are facing at home
